{"product_id":"african-theatre-8-diasporas","title":"African Theatre 8: Diasporas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and also includes the playscript \u003ci\u003eMessing with the Mind \u003c\/i\u003e by Egyptian writer and director Khaled El-Sawy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities and current locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by people of Africandescent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel and Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific performances. Offering a mix of academic andpractitioner's points of views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and celebrates various aspects of African diasporic theatre worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Guest Editors: CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin; and OSITA OKAGBUE, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama \u0026amp; Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds;Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre \u0026amp; Performance Studies, University of Warwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black theater, History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e James Currey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781847015013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sell Books","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £17.80","offer_id":48132607246513,"sku":"SB-1847015018-C2","price":17.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1847015018.jpg?v=1793668771","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/african-theatre-8-diasporas","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}